Normal oil and gas operations around the world release the same amount of methane a day as the Nord Stream explosion.
As a result of explosions in the Russian underwater gas pipeline Nord Stream last fall, 75-230 thousand tons of methane were released. This is stated in the report of the International Energy Agency (IEA), TASS reports on Tuesday, February 21.
“Emissions from the Nord Stream pipeline explosion were one of the first offshore leaks to be quantified using satellite data. According to a working paper by the International Methane Emissions Observatory, emissions from this event reached between 75,000 and 230,000 tons of methane.” , the document said.
This volume was recorded September 26 – October 5, 2022.
“The explosion in the Nord Stream pipeline last year resulted in the release of a large amount of methane into the atmosphere. But in normal oil and gas operations around the world, every day, the same amount of methane is released as the explosion of Nord Stream,” said the head of the IEA, Fatih Birol, words presented in the report.
Recall that on September 26 in Nord Stream and Nord Stream-2, the pressure in three of the four gas pipelines dropped significantly. Russia called the incident sabotage.
In October, Sweden announced the completion of an investigation conducted jointly with Denmark and Germany. At the same time, the reason for the leaks in Sevpotok was named.
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